PILOT-COURSE OF INTRODUCTION OF SOCIAL FARMING TRAINEES REPORT

In week 23 to 27 September will be held the first course about Social Farming in Portugal, a result of the MAiE international project, under the Leonardo da Vinci program. This pilot course will be taught at CERCICA Estoril with the presence of European observers and practitioners of Agriculture and Social Support.

MAiE – Final Conference and Farming for Health Conference in Lisbon - Results

The final conference of the project took place on 5th and 6th November 2013 in Lisbon/ Portugal. After this conference the members of the Farming for Health community met in the New University of Lisbon / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. The results from three years of Multifunctional Agriculture in Europe were presented and final tasks planned and coordinated. The following presentations provide an overview of three years of successful international cooperation and networking:

Review

From 4th November until 5th November the Final Conference of the MAiE- project will be held at the Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas in Lisbon. The project partners will evaluate the project results of the last three years and plan the course until 31st December 2014 within a day. On 5th November a common public project result presentation will be prepared by the MAiE- project partners and then Alexandra Costa and Paula Mota Rodrigues from AGROBIO- one of our Portuguese partners have organized an educational visit to a Social Farm. On 6th November the Farming for Health Conference is following, which opens with a public presentation of the Maie-project. The program of the Farming for Health Conference consists of various workshops and lectures on the topics of Education in Social Farming in Europe, Social Farming in different European coutries presented by the respective representatives of the different countries, working in networks, etc. A recent conference program can be found here soon.

The Farming for Health Conference is public and all interested parties are invited to attend. The venue is the Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas. No conference fee will be charged. Meals will be possible in the University cantine and be paid directly by the participants.

Multifunctionality in Organic Farming: the added value of social farming

Social farming, organic welfare and market prospective

The event will be held at Biofach 2013 (Nuremberg), on February the 13th from 15:00 to 17:00. Experts of civil society, academics and institutions will discuss the potential development for Social Farming in Europe, providing an overview of current initiatives and regulatory framework. Infos...

Multifunctionality in Organic Farming: the added value of social farming

Social farming, organic welfare and market prospective

The event will be held at Biofach 2013 (Nuremberg), on February the 13th from 15:00 to 17:00. Experts of civil society, academics and institutions will discuss the potential development for Social Farming in Europe, providing an overview of current initiatives and regulatory framework. Infos...

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Agriculture in an urbanizing society - International Conference on Multifunctional Agriculture and Urban-Rural Relations

The Netherlands | 1 - 4 April 2012In May 2007, a major demographic milestone was passed. For the first time, the earth’s population became more urban than rural. This process of urbanization will accelerate in the decades to come: most of the growth in the world population – to 9 billion people in 2050 – will occur in urban areas. By 2050, the urban population will be approximately twice the size of the rural population.However, this does not mean that urban areas are or will become more important than rural areas. On the contrary, they have always relied heavily on each other, and will become even more mutually reliant during an era of rapid urban population growth.http://www.agricultureinanurbanizingsociety.com/UK/

6-9 November, 4th transnational meeting in Rome

The 4th transnational MAiE- project meeting took place from 6th to 9th of November 2012. The focus of this working meeting were the development of course materials for the training course "Social Farming", strategy development for networking the various stakeholders, dissemination and implementation of the material in the education sector. Furthermore, the planning of the Summer School, which will take place in September 2013, became more concretely. About Social Farming refereed various professionals such as Saverio Senni / Tuscia University, Anna Ciaperoni & Aldo Milea / AIAB, Eduardo Cuoco / TP Organics and IFOAM, Roberto Finuola, Andrea Messori / CEMEA del Mezzogiorno, Andrea Zampetti / Solidale Fattoria del Circeo, Gianfranco macigno / Minor Justice Centre, Antonio Carbone / FNAS.